HACKING, THEOPHILUS; GUTHRIE, PETER - In: Journal of Environmental Assessment Policy and … 08 (2006) 03, pp. 341-371
The established approach to impact assessment is baseline-led, whereby the conditions that are likely to prevail in the absence of a proposed initiative are used as the "benchmarks" for determining the significance of impacts. Proponents of sustainable development (SD) criticise this approach...